Automatically-inking numbering machine



Oct. 21, 1930. M; K'Awmoar 1,779,002

AUTOMATICALLY INKING NUMBERING MACHINE Filed Oct. 14, 1929 I s r l 6 I 3,9 36 3; .5 3 836 *INVENTORIV marz A TTORNEYS.

Patented Get. 21, 1930 Marianne AwAi/rom, or wANro-snu; JArAnssn-LEAsEn TLEBBITORY n CHI A-1 An'roMAmIcALLY-Inirme NUMBERING MAonINn Q neamnimea October 14; 192e. -Iseriailnafesaeeo This invention relates: toimprovements .in or relating to numbering; machinesymore :partlcularly automatlcally inking numbering machines and has for 1ts ob ect to pro- (5 vlide an automaticallyinking numbering machine, simple 1n construction and speedy n service. i 5.. V In accompanying drawings Fig.1 is, a perspective view of a Imaohine 1 embodying the invention.

Fig.2 is a vertical section of machine.

' Fig. 3.. s another jvertical seotionof the:

machine] 3' g Referring to the drawings, 1 is the'ma- 15 chineframe of substantial U-shape andis formed fwithf} an upstanding cylindrical housing 2 for a spring 3. 4 isv the base hav ing a central-opening 5 and isatta'ched to end of the side-limbs of said machine frame suitable means, suchas the screws 6, 6; .is substantially U-shaped movable fra-me having a bored spindle 8 and is slidably inserted into guide ways 9, 9.formed at inside of the side-limbs ofthe machine. frame, outwardly extending said spindle through the housing 2, as seen in Fig. 2.. Attached to outer end of the spindle 8is an operat-ing handle knob 10 having the pendent housing 11 for receiving the upper end of the spring $13 in telescopic relation to the housing12, so

that the frame .7: is normally held upward withits top against the inner side. of the top of the machine frame 1 by means of the' spring 3 while maybe pressed down :3 against thespringby means of the operating a spindle 13 andlongitudinaljslots 14, 14

formed at the side-limbs for-hereinafter de-Y I g V grooves 27 tohold the shift wheel in the desired position H v and hhQ gI'OOhlQS 17 is such that "the. shift; .wheel20' maybe rotatedbyinovi-ng down'-- ward thelever'22v against thespring 24,. the h scribed purpose and is slidably insertedinto guide ways 15, 15 formed at insideof the side-limbs of the frame Z, outwardly extend ing said spindle through.v the bore of the spindle 8, as seen inFig. 2. Attached to 'pin being allowed to get out the grooves {against the spring-.81. The spring 24 is not sufficient 'to 'cause the pin to get out the in the cavity 17. against the under side of" Y the press button 16 at its upper end, so that the secondary movable frame 12 is normally in the housing 2 5 formed on one side of the handle knob 10. 12 is secondarysub' stantially U-shaped movable frame having 3 "held upwards with its toplagainst the inner ,side of topj'ofthe first'movable frameiZ b-y means of the spring 18 while'it may be pressed down against-said sprlng'by means of the press button.

A number of the shifting wheels 20, are mounted'on a shaft 19 transversely secured to the side-limbs of the first mentioned mov-' able frame 7 and consecutivelyarranged one after theother between the collars'2l'i 2ljsecured to the shaft. Saidf shifting wheel is provided with lever22 and formed with teeth throughabout a. half of its circumference and notch23 at the teeth end opposite to the lever. A spiral spring 2 1 is arranged shiftingwheel for that purpose, one end'of V which is secured to the shifting wheel while. the other end is secured to the shaft 19,"-so that the springalways tends to maintain the shifting wheel in its normal 'pos'itionas shown inFig SQ The shift whee'lQO'is also provided with a sector opening 26 diametrically opposite to the teeth-and'having avseries of grooves 27 on its inner .circ-um-o ference. Anumber of the headed pins 28,- one for each shift wheel, are" arranged in; .the'cavities 29' provided inthe bar 30 transversely secured to the secondary frame 12, extending upwardlythe shank of said pin through the hole of a diameter smaller than n I I f j'the' internal diameter of the cavity'formed in thetop 'of'sai d cavity, the head offthe pin being located in the cavity. zand' pressed u wardlyby means of the spring 81 arranged end of the'pin 28 be engaged. with the The engagement of the pin 28 pin is keptout of the grooves bypressingimam;

in'the cavity between the' hea'd of the pin and abottomcover32of the cavities's'ecured tojthe bottom side of the bar 30, so that the down the secondary frame 12 by means of the press knob 16 to move downward the Wheel 20, are rotatably mounted on a shaft transversely secured to the side-limbs of thefirst movable frame 7 arranged onef'after the otherbetween the collars 36, 36 secured to said shaft, respective pinion meshing the-teeth of corresponding shift wheel, The pinion 3% is formed with astop piece 37 to engage with shoul-" den of the notch 23 of the sh-ift wheel 2O when the electrotype wheel is in normal position, as shown in Fig. 3. The ink pad 38 is'h'eld' in position spaced a short distance from the bottom face of the electrotype wheels .by means of the links 39, 39. and 40, 40' connected thereto. Thelinks 39, 39 are longer than the links i().,40 and the upper end thereof is connected to the secondary movable frame 12, while the upper end of the links 40 is connected to the machine frame 1, so that the ink pad 38 will be turned up toclear up way offthe electros whenthe secondary movable frame 12 is moved fully downward by means of the press button ll is the casing attached to the machine :frame 1 and is provided with a number of slots for the passages of the levers 22 of the shift'wheels 20 and having marks to indicate positions of the levers corresponding to the electros in printing position.

. In operation, at first the electros are set to represent desired number by means of the levers 22 and then both the operating handle knob 10 and the press button 16 are pressed down together, thereby the electro will at first press the ink pad to be inked up and then will print on the paper, placed under the base 4 through the opening '5 thereon, the ink pad being turned out of way of the electros. Thus, theprmtln'g of the same number may speedily be repeated. To restore the electrotype wheels to the r normal position, the press button 1611s pushed and. saidwheels will be rotated by the spring 24 to their normal positlon, and.

' now will be ready for reset of new numbers,

thepins 28 disengaging from the. grooves 27 due to down motion ofthesecondary movable frame 30. p 7

Having now particularly 7 described and and consecutively rn l g o v nd 3 191 ad pted teem gage a stop piece of the pinion in its normal position, a bar transversely secured to shifting wheel in its adjusted position;

crating handle knob on it s upper end, 'a seciondary substantially; U-shaped movable' shifting. wheels mo'untedjin saidfirst men- I tioned movable frame by. means of a shaft and spiral springs and having theteeth ena pinion, a lever for manual operation," a sector opening with a, series of in said secondary movable frame and carry: ing a numberof 'pinsadapted to engage said grooves under spring-tension, a number of ele'ctrotype wheels rotatably mounted in the first mentioned movable frame','each having, a pinion engaging the teeth of said shifting wheeland an ink pad'imounted below said electrotype wheels by means of links from said secondary movable frame and said machine frame, as descrlbed and'shown.

2. automatically, inking numbering machine as claimed in claim 1, inwhich the internal grooves in-the sector opening'of the shifting wheel icoopera'teflwiththe Qpin's carried byjthe bar transverselysecur'ed to the secondary movable frame to maintain :said

i 3; {an auto-matical'ly inking numbering machine asclaimed in claim '1, in which the shifting wheels are loosely'mounted ona'bar- V transversely secured tothe movable frame and are connected thereto by means of the spiral spring, each being connected atends to said shlftlng wheel and bar respectively, so that sald shifting wheelswill return from their adjustedposition to their normal position on release of thepin from the internal grooves in the sector opening thereof by lowering' the secondary movable frame by pushing'the push button secured on upper end of its spindle. I

4;. An automatically. inking numbering machineasclaimed in claim 1, in which the movable frameand the-secondary movable frame. will be operated by pushing both the push button and the handle knob when printing any desired number, while the secondary -movable frame only will beoperated when returning the ad usted. electrotype wheelstotheir normal position.

1 In testimony whereof I afiix my signature;

"MATAJIRO KAWA MORI ascertained the nature of my said invention f ing 'ffor a spring, a base having a central and in what manner the same is-to, be performed, I claim:

1. An automatically inking numbering opening, a substantially U-shape'd movable frame having a bored spindle with an op- 

